The IP-switching function is meant to create more stability on the Web by allowing an overloaded Web site to switch servers without a hiccup.

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For example, its Windows 8 Start key provides a quick and easy way to get back to your Start Screen, while the App Switching function key allows you to quickly switch among your open apps.

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That means switching on genes relevant to a particular function, and switching off the others.

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Rather, managers hired women because they expected programming to be a low-skill clerical function, akin to filing, typing, or telephone switching.

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Merrill copes by switching many clients to fee-based accounts, making its revenue a function of assets rather than of trading volume.

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The LCD display also shows the current function of the buttons directly below it, which, in the current state, means switching between tracks in our project.

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Software-defined networks will provide some of this flexibility by separating the control function from data forwarding, but there are additional capabilities emerging, he says, such as intelligent switching of wavelengths, the ability to mix dedicated bandwidth with best-efforts networks, and application layer network traffic optimization, e.g.

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